Glen collects a total of 450 stamps from the united states, great britain, and india. in his collection, 52% of the stamps are us stamps. he has 3/5 as many indian stamps as british stamps. how many indian stamps does glen have? what percent of glen' collection are british stamps?

First, you are going to find out how many stamps 52% of the 450 stamps is.

To do so, multiply 450 by 0.52 and get 234.

Now, subtract the number from 450 to find out how many stamps are from India and Great Britain. You now have 216.

Since 3/5 of the stamps are from India, we are going to divide by 5 because we are working with fifths of the 216 stamps.

216/5 = 43.2

Multiply 43.2 by 3 to get 3/5 of the 216 stamps. You get 129.6 stamps from India. You can say he has about 130 stamps, or down round to the nearest whole stamp which is 129.

To find the percent of British stamps Glen has, subtract 129.6 from 216. You get 86.4

Now divide 86.4/216 to get 0.4, which as a percent is 40%.

Glen has 234 stamps from the Unites States. About 130 stamps from India. And 40% of his stamps are from Great Britain.